Republican lawmakers are planning to reward public schools that held classes in-person this fall with more state money, a move Democrats describe as a slap at districts that held classes online. House Speaker Pat Grassley […]
Interstate 80 between Newton and Colfax was closed early this afternoon after a series of chain-reaction crashes involving up to 40 vehicles. The road was a sheet of ice, according to a spokesman for the […]
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — Ryan Seacrest has taken his last bow as host of E!’s Live From the Red Carpet. On Wednesday, just ahead of the upcoming 2021 Awards season, the long-time host extraordinaire announced that he […]
Iowa will receive a share of a multi-million dollar settlement with consulting firm McKinsey & Company for the firm’s role in fueling the opioid epidemic. Attorney General Tom Miller says the company help accelerate the […]
Governor Kim Reynolds is asking developers to submit proposals to the state for creation of a system that will help Iowans schedule Covid vaccinations. “Ideally, it would create a one-stop-shop where Iowans could provide their […]
Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne is self quarantining after a member of her staff tested positive for COVID-19. Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, says she had been with the staff member on a […]
Iowa’s largest hospital used its entire week’s allotment of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day. Wednesday was the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ first day of inoculating people over 65. Hospital CEO Suresh Gunasekaran […]
The presidents of Iowa’s three state universities say their budgets have taken a hit during the pandemic and they’re asking legislators for an extra $18 million in the next state budgeting year, which begins July […]
NBC/Virginia Sherwood(NEW YORK) — Fans of Law & Order: SVU had been champing at the bit to see Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson and Chris Meloni’s Elliot Stabler reunited onscreen, and now we know when that will happen. NBC has […]
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(LONDON) — Production on the third film in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them series has been “paused,” producers say, after a member of the Warner […]
ABC/ Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — Before he was president, Donald Trump was a fixture on TV and made the occasional movie cameo, and as such was a card-carrying member of the showbiz performers union SAG-AFTRA. However, that is […]
Courtesy of SAG Awards(LOS ANGELES) — Netflix’s royal drama The Crown, the comedy series Schitt’s Creek, and the films Minari and Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are at the top of the heap for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. […]
Warner Bros. Entertainment/HBO Max(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar winner Jared Leto’s awards buzz is growing with a brand-new Screen Actors Guild nod. Leto was nominated in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting […]
John Shearer/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Chrissy Teigen is reflecting on the loss of her unborn son, Jack, whom she would have given birth to this week, ahead of undergoing surgery for endometriosis. Teigen took to Twitter on Wednesday to […]
macky_ch/iStockBy PATRICK REEVELL, ABC News (MOSCOW) — The Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has released a message from jail, the first since a Moscow court sentenced him this week to two years and eight months […]
A Senate committee has approved a bill to ban city ordinances that prevent landlords from rejecting potential tenants if they’re paying rent with federal housing vouchers. Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican from Indianola, said ordinances […]
Teenagers between the ages of 14-and-a-half and 16 could get a special state permit for driving to and from work on a farm if a bill that’s cleared the Iowa Senate unanimously becomes law. It […]
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst questioned the man nominated to lead the Environmental Protection Agency in a Senate hearing. Ernst asked nominee Michael Regan about issues surrounding renewable fuels — including the Renewable Fuel Standard. “RFS […]
A group of Republican legislators say conservative students at Iowa’s public universities are complaining to them that they’re being harassed on campus because of their political views. Representative Holly Brink, a Republican from Oskaloosa, convened […]
Disney Junior(LOS ANGELES) — Jenny Slate welcomed her first child with fiancé Ben Shattuck, a baby girl, the actress confirmed on Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Great North star confirmed the baby, named Ida, was born six weeks ago. When asked how […]
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